The film which (our corporate cousins) Universal just passed on, would star Phillip Seymour Hoffman as a man clearly based on L. Ron Hubbard, who meets a 20-something drifter named Freddie, the role Renner is up for.

Looking back at his history, it's hard to imagine that PTA would make a pro-Scientology film. Yet, the new script was based largely on a play that Anderson put on in 2008 that starred Maya Rudolph, Anderson's wife, and her "SNL" co-star Fred Armisen, himself a Scientologist.

Further complcating matters is the fact that the Church of Scientology is notriously litigious. Anderson is a bold artist with a strong voice, it's hard to imagine him pulling any punches.